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Lehm Patent Nm-4,718, me Femm 25, -186.8'.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUID-METERS;

nBe it known thatd',-JuWQ-WELLEmof Cleveland, in the-county o Cuyahoga,and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new'nnd useful Improvements inFluid-Meters; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and-coxnplete description of the.same,reference being had to theaccompanying tix-swings, making part o f this specification', in `which1 l t Figure l'is side view of the meter. Figuije'isa yiew ofthe top.4Figure-3 is al1-end View."4 Like letters of refe`1euce'-refertoA likeparts in the different v -iews presented. Iu-g. A represents ail oblongsenate box, ofl whichjtig. v2 is a top view.' Thisfbox ismonnted upon arock-shft,-B, pro ]"ected,1 across' the mddleiof the bottom,iai 1d upon'wrhicli'iit is made to oscillate, as and for a.

purpose hereafter shown. Placed across cn'ch end ofthe-box, and securedthereto, are cnsks C YC', each of which is t `l xr:1ishedV with tin,fancetl) D und'E E', one at each en d. These faucets are connected' toeachother byu. cha in,F, attached t'o a quadrantshafped handig-G,- ofthe faucet-plug. The chain as it'enrroundslth'e casks`andits:attachments to the faucets, is shown in tig, 2. H, ig. 1,- is alever, thelwerend'of -which is'pivotedt the'pointrv tothe underside ofthe box'. A levei of a lik-elcharacter, and for asimilar purpose,isairangedat fthe' opposite Aend o f the box, as seen at H. The'npp'erorfree -ends of' these levers are connected -to the chain F,1yvhich,bymeans of the ballI, lig. 2,"opens and closes theifaucets, 'as willhereafter be shownfa, lig.'3, reprecents-a section of an'oiltankifandwhich isjput in-connection with. the casks C C', by means of-'thebfurcuted tube-o z-hose J, ecchbranch of whiehs'gttached tothe fa-neetof 'thecask (hilfigl 3; represents asectionof a barrel ortankforreceiving the oil, and which is also putinconnecton with the casks bya bifurcated tubo 0r' hose,.K,' shown also in iig. `1`, each branch ofwhich, as in the former cese, is attached to a faucet of the cask,

-as shown in-the drawing.

Having thus described the construction and arrangement of the apparatus,the practicaloperation'of Athe same is as follows, viz: The two vcasksaesupposed tovb'e empty, in which case the box they be horizontal, orl -in the position shown ng. 1. l `Non'V on opening-a faucet, T,Asituated back of-the' .junction ofthe .two pipes, as indicated bythedotted lines lll-"fhg, 2, for the purpose ofruning liquid through vthe^appaatus, `the` ceslt C, which niay be supposed to hold fortygcllonsugheing filled with oil or other jluid,wll cause it-and 'that endofthe box to descend, and the upparatusvto assume. theposition shown intlg,I 1. The hall I, whichduring the fillingofthe cesk was `at theopposite endiof the box, will now roll' down the grade to the depressedend and strike against the lever'l, and carry it to an inclinedposition, as shown img. l. f This acticn'of the lever will draw uponvthe chain, the eile'ct of which will beto stop the induction-faucet Tand-thereby shut-odia. further inllowing of the oillinto the cask'fromthe tank c, at the same time it opens the faucet E in the opposite 'endcfI-,the cask, ont of which the'oil flows through the @duction-pipeVinto the barrel 'oi tank During thisontlicwing of the oil fthecnskC-isfilling, the faucet D having -beeu opened at thinstent that faucet E wasclosed. Byfthe time that all-'the oil is discharged froin the cask'C, Cwill have .become lled, which byits gnentenweight will c verbelnnce thatof thenoweuipty cask and ball, which will cause :i reversed ,position ofthe apparatus The cask C will new descend and C be eleuated, on whichbell willvnow rollback ordown to the opposite end of the box and strikeagainst the lever H, the effect of which will beto close'the faucet D',

open D, also opexifa'ucet E', and stop E. At this time the cask C'willdischarge itscon tcnts 4through pipe K` into the, barrel ontucht, asdid'the cask C', which, by the time C is empted, w ill beagain filled,and the position of the` appara-tus'again.reversed, and so.on, eaoh timelthe ca sk receiving' and dischurging autcmatically forty gallons moreor. less intothe tanlc or'receiver Iz.

By means of the small bal l and screws, the apparatus can he adjusted tomeasure fluids of particnlarj gravity. Thus, if -thv screws P aresoadjusted as to give the` greatest distance that thehall cantrauerseinthe box; or, if 'the upper 'cask 'is full otf'iluid, and' the lower oneempty, and in this condition -the full casl; does not overbalzince theempty andthe two balls', the hex will notvibrate, but remain'stationaryin consequence ofthe-too great weight in opposition vto the.full cask. Now by turning the screw, and thereby forcing the ball B'toward the cent-re to a p ontliihere the full cask will overbalance theempty one and ball I; this point found, that 4side of the machineisadjusted to the particular gravity oi' theuid beingrun through: Theother `side is then adjustedin like manner, and the apparatus will` thenact by itself; hence, by this means, a Huid' of iiny given gravity canbe measured with the same facility and -exactn'css of measurement,

The manner of tallying or registering the number of times that the'casks may have receivedA and discharged A their contents, is as follows,Avi'z: P', iig. 1,' is la standard fixed to the side of tlie box A, tothe upper end, of `which is an arrangementof clock-work or gearing R,which moves the pointers c al around the dial-pluto f. .9. Now,.eachtime the box vibrates, the gearing is moved by the lever Q, which in'turrrinoves the hands, indicating thereby the number of timesO that thecasks have been filled; the ,long hand mailing a space at the filling`of each separate cask, and the short hand indicating every hundredeaslrs filled.

The faucets-D and E by which the casks are emptied, are of largercapacity than those used in receiving, in order to make it certainthatfth'e dischargingcask is entirely emptywheu the other cask is full,and the apparatusready to vibrate. l i.

`On the top of each casi: is a valve, R,v iig.'3, which allows the airto escape while the cask is filling, and is closed by the uid when theca sk is full. To this valve is attached a stem, R", which indicateswhen the cas'k is full by rising up into view. This valve, withtheroundingcollar S', .can be detached, leaving a 'hole of sufwood oranything that may-be used to a hook on the inside ofithe cask, forthepurpose challenging-tho capacity of the same. v l, y v

stretched horizontally across the Cask, below the centre, is'a wiregauze, for the -purpose of breaking the bubblesor froth. -Much froth,however, does not accumulate, for the reason that the induction-faucetsare at arises after the first inlowing of the fluid. y

What Ilclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isfl'.' The casks C C', as' arranged in' combination ivith thevibrating-box'A, in the .manner andfor'V-the pur fpose substantially asset forth. A i A .y A

2.. The faucets D D' and E E', handles G, and chain F, in combinationwith the casks 'd C', levers. H, and box A, wheuvarranged and operatedin themanner and for the -purpose set `forth4.

l. 3. The supplementary box A', adjusting-screivs P, and ball B', incombination with the vibrating-box A, forithe purpose and iut-he manneras described. l l

The 4registering-apparatus, consisting of` the gearing R', dialf, handsc d, and lever Q, when arranged and operated in combination with the boxA, in the manneras and for the-purpose set forth@ 5. The vibrating-boxA,-Ain combination with the ball I and levers Hv H', substa-ntially'asand for the pup 'pose Yset forthQ'- J. lV. WELLER.

Witu esses E. R. Maximum,

` W. H. BUnRIDGn..

cient size for the introduction of an arm, for the purpose of repairs,cleaning, &o., and to attach a piece of Athe bottom of the cask, inconsequence of which the Huid strikes the aironly at first; llencclittle or no froth i

